Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court March 26, 1838 (Trask v. Vinson)

Morton J.

delivered the opinion of the Court. The payment of the promissory notes in suit is resisted, on the ground that they were made without consideration.

The plaintiff holding by several assignments a contract for the conveyance of certain real estate in Maine, transferred the same to the defendant, and in satisfaction received three prom issory notes, two of which are the subject of this